The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

Technically, he was a leased ram, but rental ram just has a sound to it doesn’t it?

The rental ram in question is the same one that I used last year, the lovely Nuuk from Sommarang Farm. He won Yearling Ram at this years MSSBA show at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. Last year he was just a ram lamb and I was a little, um, dubious as to if he was up to the job of taking care of my ladies, but he did just fine. This year, as a full-grown ram, there was no question from the get-go as to his ability to handle the job he was being hired for.

I picked Nuuk up at the beginning of December and I returned him this weekend in the back of my Honda Fit. It’s about a four-hour drive from here in Iowa to his home in Wisconsin. This year I took Dusty with me to keep me company, so this was my company driving up there.

Yep, two snoozing boys. I think that Nuuk was just worn-out from his job the past month combined with the warm car and he was out for most of the trip like a light. Dusty is usually out like a light in the car so long as he doesn’t think that we are going to the vet.

Most of the time my view was something like this:

Not the most exciting landscape, especially in the winter. But Wisconsin still yields great barn watching opportunities and it was a pretty nice, though cold, day to be driving up there.

It is such a lovely shop to peruse. The ladies that run it are just lovely to talk to and they really do a great job of supplying locally produced yarns and fibers. If you are ever in the area, I strongly suggest that you stop by and check out their wonderfully curated selection!